Players are coming, fortunately I have a time travel simulator

The lantern in Smith Hall's hand was also an unknown artifact, called the Ever-Bright Lamp. It had previously appeared at Nathaniel's extraordinary gathering. Its effect was that no matter how harsh the environment, the light would always remain constant and would never go out. The downside was that it could cause the user to become disoriented.

This negative effect is the easiest to avoid and can be ignored within a team.

As the visible range brightened in the light, it gradually spread into the distance. As Meredith had said before, the life elements along the way were astonishingly active, resulting in Zhou Ning seeing huge dark trees with their tops out of sight, obscuring his vision, and outlining their vague outlines.

Is this the influence of divinity or the result of the tides of life?

Zhou Ning took a deep breath and walked forward in the forest step by step with an umbrella. At the same time, several clones were generated silently, and they sneaked into the shadows and explored the depths of the forest.

Passing the initial 2km range of thunderstorms is actually the easiest part of the journey. Next up is the lenticular cloud zone, which is a type of cloud shaped like a flying saucer that appears in the sky in a lens shape and often causes large-scale rainfall.

But this is not the case in the Bast phenomenon. At this time, there are circles of wind moving back and forth under the lenticular clouds. These winds cause the temperature to rise rapidly. Zhou Ning can even smell a burnt smell at the tip of his nose.

However, the trees in this forest have a high ignition point. The trees are relatively sparse compared to other places, and the dark trunks are covered with moss. There is no sign of being ignited at all. Only balls of red fire appear in the air, which is a phenomenon of excessive temperature in a small area.

According to Zhou Ning's knowledge of meteorology, this kind of weather is also a kind of paster phenomenon, called foehn wind, which is very common in mid- and high-latitude areas. It has set a record of 3°C temperature rise in 127 minutes on this island, which can instantly roast ordinary people.

It is unlikely to cause any harm to yourself, but it can still be fatal to the player.

Zhou Ning raised his eyebrows, handed the umbrella to his left hand, and in his right hand, a cane-shaped weapon "King" jumped out, trying to see if he could adjust the weather here.

The result was quite successful. The effect of Uranus's weather adjustment in a short period of time was still there. In a short period of time, the foehn wind was successfully adjusted to a cold wind, and then it became warm again.

Suddenly, there was a rustling sound from the front, and a huge figure rushed out from the fog in front and rushed in front of him in an instant.

Zhou Ning didn't think twice and swung the King of Heaven without hesitation, giving the opponent a head-on attack.

boom!

As soon as the figure approached, Zhou Ning hit him head-on and sent him flying backwards. He fell heavily to the ground, raising a cloud of dust.

With the help of the light of the eternal lamp, Zhou Ning finally saw clearly what attacked him.

A large tree demon with a completely black body, about twelve meters in height, with two bulging eyes on the top of the trunk, and a number of hideous faces on the front of the trunk, with a large amount of corrosive green liquid flowing on each face.

Near the bottom there is a bloody mouth with two rows of sharp teeth.

Players have recorded this kind of monster in previous explorations. Its name is quite simple, called Old Tree Spirit, but it seems that the level recorded by players is not as high as it is now.

At this time, the level of this old tree spirit has reached 87.

"Damn it!" Smith Hall, who was standing next to Zhou Ning, was shocked when he saw this scene and couldn't help but curse.

He had participated in countless battles with cultists and seen many hideous and terrifying mutated monsters, but such a disgusting and ugly monster was rare - and why did he feel that this tree demon had a trace of divinity?

This monster is definitely not easy to deal with!

Smith Hall hastily drew the sword from his waist and immediately prepared to chant the clan motto of forgiveness.

At this moment, he saw Zhou Ning calmly raise his revolver and pull the trigger. A golden bullet with a ferocious golden dragon wrapped around it shot out from the muzzle of his gun and entered the tree spirit's open mouth.

A scream was heard, and a large amount of smoke came out of its mouth, followed by a golden flame that instantly ignited it into a torch. Before the other party even had time to get up, it quickly evaporated and melted, leaving no trace.

The kill was complete and thorough.

Smith Hall: ...

Patriarch Roger also frowned at this moment, and exchanged glances with Smith Hall. He had just sensed a hint of divinity from this monster, enough to inexplicably scare the ordinary members of the God of War Squad.

This foehn zone, approximately three kilometers long, was filled with swarms of tree spirits and various elemental creatures of varying strength. Beyond the foehn zone, the cirrus zone emerged. Within this zone, the entire forest seemed to be withering, and a strong aura of darkness seemed to linger.

These carefully selected members of the Church of War were not only incredibly powerful, with most nearing demigod status, but also wielded a vast array of high-powered weapons and even unknown artifacts, their commands complementing each other's abilities. Even facing a high-ranking demigod, they should have a good chance of defeating him. They displayed their formidable combat prowess as they slowly advanced forward.

The players did not let Zhou Ning down. At this time, Jinse, the highest level player, was already level 60, and had just stepped into the threshold of a super-class professional. They joined forces with each other, and monsters died in their hands from time to time.

Along the way, Professor Scott and other meteorologists stopped from time to time to record the weather readings. Looking up, they could vaguely see that the sky was still dark, with no sun, no moon, and no stars.

Zhou Ning also reset the live point map twice along the way. At this time, he had already gone deep into the Bast Forest, but unfortunately, there was only a dark green weather tide symbolizing the Bast phenomenon in the forest on the map, and no enemy was seen.

"Wait a moment." Standing in front of a relatively low bush, Professor Scott hurriedly waved his hand to stop and said in a deep voice:

"The weather up ahead seems a little strange."

"A bit strange?" Zhou Ning followed Professor Scott's footsteps and stopped, his eyes naturally sweeping forward. Although it was noon, when the sun was supposed to be at its strongest, and the trees overhead were not particularly dense, the darkness ahead seemed even thicker.

Could it be an extreme manifestation of the dark element? Zhou Ning pondered for a moment, his gaze sweeping across the southeastern area. According to the map drawn by the players, the hundred-headed dragon Fafnir they had encountered earlier was somewhere in the southeastern part of the forest.

"correct!"

Suddenly, he remembered something. After the little book's perception of him was blocked, he wondered if he could use the "compass that can't point north" to lock the little book's position?

A compass that doesn't point north (unknown artifact)

From the world of Pirates of the Caribbean

It will always point to what you desire most in this world. But only when you truly desire something with a single, undivided mind will the compass guide you. When you abandon it for any reason, you will release your inner fears. It originated from Klypso, the sea goddess, who crafted this compass and imbued it with magical powers.

Effect 1: It will not point you in the right direction, but it will always point you to what you want most in this world.

Effect 2: ????

Maybe it really works!

Zhou Ning was in high spirits and took out the "compass that doesn't point north" from the inventory. The name "Leoncavallo's Opera in Four Acts" naturally emerged in his mind.

Unfortunately, unlike what he had imagined, after a brief pause, the compass needle began to rotate irregularly.

"Is this an unknown strange object that can locate the other party's position?" Meredith appeared beside Zhou Ning at some point and asked curiously.

"Almost." Zhou Ning frowned slightly, then tried the Falric Code again, but failed. He probably got distracted by the little broken book or a high-ranking being like Archbishop Edward.

Zhou Ning thought about it, and suddenly an idea came to him. He changed his target to General Lei Dian and "Aladdin's Magic Lamp".

As a result, this time the compass was quite considerate. The needle shook and pointed directly to the deeper part of the southeast of the forest.

Meredith's eyes flashed, and then she looked towards the southeast.

Ahead lay a seemingly eternal darkness, with visibility limited to three meters, and it was even slowly surging towards Zhou Ning. Strangely enough, Zhou Ning noticed that the trees within were constantly changing in height and thickness, giving the entire forest a sinister, distorted look.

"There is a high possibility of double extreme weather ahead, including two paster phenomena: darkness and time." Professor Scott said in a low voice.